Five unusual energy-saving tips to help you slash your bills: Heat the room you'll spend the most time in. Nikodash/Shutterstock As temperatures drop over the winter period and the cost of energy rises across the UK and Europe, how to spend less money on gas and electricity is on everyone’s minds. The UK energy regulator …
Plan to slash smoking in England is backed by the evidence – but it could go even further: Shutterstock/chayanuphol If smoking tobacco was invented today, there is little doubt it would be made illegal. The harm it does is simply too great. It is still the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in England, …
Bitcoin: Greenpeace says a code change could slash cryptocurrency energy use – here’s why it’s not so simple: EamesBot/Shutterstock Fewer and fewer people are using bitcoin for digital payments. Nevertheless, bitcoin transactions are consuming more energy than ever before – the same amount as the whole of Thailand. With a carbon footprint equivalent to the …
Who owns Britain’s underground heat? Answering this could help slash energy bills and carbon emissions: While most UK homes are burning the increasingly expensive fossil fuel natural gas in boilers, a vast and zero-carbon source of heating lies untapped underground. Greenhouse gas emissions from heating buildings make up 23% of the national total – second …
UK plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030 – how banking, building and borrowing can help: For those conscious of the growing climate crisis and the perilous economic situation, the path out of the coronavirus recession looks like a tightrope. On one side, the urgent need to revive the economy and head off unemployment. …
A transition to working from home won’t slash emissions unless we make car-free lifestyles viable: Even before the pandemic, the proportion of people working from home was slowly but steadily increasing. But COVID-19 has put the practice into hyper-drive. Down from an April peak of about 47% in the UK, recent reports suggest that 20% …
Africa’s high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing: African urban dwellers pay 55% more in rentals than their counterparts in other cities in the world. The challenges of informal settlements have once again been thrown into the spotlight in the midst of the current pandemic. Research has shown …
Why the pandemic could slash the amount of plastic waste we recycle: A startup in Lagos, Nigeria hopes to help manage the recent deluge of plastic waste. EPA-EFE/AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the use of plastic medical and protective equipment, such as single-use gloves, masks and aprons. Much of this equipment must be …
South Africa in the news: South African Rand: 50% Unemployment Now Possible says Investec as they Slash GDP Forecasts for 2020, Citing Harsh Lockdown: The outlook for the South African economy has deteriorated to the extent that up to 50% of the working population could find itself unemployed and 54% of businesses might no longer …
Green ammonia could slash emissions from farming – and power ships of the future: LaineN/Shutterstock For the past 100 years, a simple molecule has had an immensely positive impact on our world. Ammonia, which comprises three hydrogen atoms bonded to a single nitrogen atom, is widely used to make the fertilisers enable us to produce …
Slash Florianópolis – a Music interest event taking place on 2019-05-22 21:00:00 in Brazil Slash will be at Stage Music Park! Look forward to Slash and this fantastic concert. Don´t miss the opportunity to see Slash live and buy your tickets before they are sold out. Find all of your Slash Florianópolis tickets here on StubHub! at Stage Music …
South Africa in the news: Vampire: Man slash 5-year-old boy’s throat, drinks his blood in South Africa: A ‘vampire’ killer slashed a young boy’s throat in the street and sat over him drinking his blood in what has been called a sacrificial killing in South Africa. According to NationalHelm ‘Tinyiko Reckson, five, was playing with …
How to burn more oil and gas but slash emissions? Offshore power stations: Lucasz Z While the energy in fossil fuels is valuable for society, burning them has well documented environmental consequences – global warming, smog and the effects of nitrous and sulphur oxides. Many think the time has come to stop burning them almost …